Blindness – Jose Saramago
I didn’t read Blindness for years, even though I knew I’d like it very much. When I heard people talking about it, I felt jealous, but still, something…
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Elif the Reader I didn’t read Blindness for years, even though I knew I’d like it very much. When I heard people talking about it, I felt jealous, but still, something…
From the very first paragraph of Suicide you’ll understand that Edouard Leve will bewilder you. Although it gives a great hint with its title, it will surprise you…
An Unnecessary Woman is the first book I’ve read from the Lebanese author Rabih Alameddine. Born to a Lebanese family in Jordan, Alameddine first goes to England after…
Eric Faye’s Nagasaki, which won Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française, is a book that leaves people curious in its very first pages. First, a great quote…
I have always been a lover of perfumes, and I’m a perfume enthusiast. If I find myself in a shopping centre, the first thing I do is to…
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories is the second book and the first storybook I read from Mishima. I had written about The Sailor Who Fell from Grace…
Fish Soup consists of two novellas and short stories by Colombian author Margarita Garcia Robayo. It will be an excellent choice if you want to feel like you…
The Matisse Stories was the second short story book I read by A. S. Byatt. I understand once again in every story why she is so popular. It…
Memories of My Melancholy Whores is the second book I’ve read from Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The first book was One Hundred Years Of Solitude, which I read years…
The Hour of the Star is one of the books I read thanks to the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die project. Clarice Lispector is also…